#Superspreading

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

Ok, was trying to stay off Twitter until Saturday but this question of children masking outdoors (in camps, etc.) keeps coming up. Let's discuss #outdoortransmission. Viral particles disperse quickly in

Karl Lauterbach

Karl_Lauterbach

(1) Gegenkonzept von KBV, BÄK, ⁦@hendrikstreeck⁩ und ⁦@ChanasitJonas⁩ ist nicht falsch aber keine Lösung. Mit geforderten Appellen haben wir keinen Erfolg. Blick auf Entwicklung von heute reicht. Wir hätten Ende

Joshua Batson

thebasepoint

I want to talk about a toy model for reasoning about what viral genomics can and cannot tell us about #SARSCoV2 transmission.Suppose viral isolates from two people have *identical* genotypes.

Cassie, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx

CassieCeleste

OK it's very late and @emilyvdw talked me into tweeting my THREAD on COVID doomerism because it's still endemic, and it's something that we really need to talk about.I'm sick

#MaskUp Dr. Haryax Pathak

HaryaxPathak

Hey #MedTwitterAs promised, taking this thread further, I'll highlight a few more aspects about #COVID19.A) TRANSMISSION and SPECIFIC PRECAUTIONSB) WHAT IS SUPER-SPREADING?C) WHAT IS R0?1/n https://twitter.com/HaryaxPathak/status/133080

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How much could variation in social contacts and susceptibility influence the size of an outbreak (and hence notions of herd immunity)? Well, it depends on a few things... 1/ It's

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Given the recent public statements by several govt advisors regarding opening of schools, here's a thread on evidence around COVID in children:The govt (& UK scientific 'experts') have recently cited

Lee-Anne Pascoe

LeeAnneP8

I have been meaning to do a thread detailing @mvankerkhove & @DrMikeRyan's response to a question at the 13 April #COVID19 press briefing re: criticisms that @WHO was late to

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Breaking—White House blocks a new order from CDC to keep cruise ships docked until mid-Feb (likely under pressure from politically powerful tourism industry in Florida)Hey cruise industry—nobody sailing your

Tom Inglesby

T_Inglesby

With the election behind us, it’s time for the US to summon its best, unified effort to contain COVID. So many have been at that since the start, w/ heroism

𓅓Ramon

Rapataux

The John Snow memorandum.I waited way too long to give my statement. Now it’s time. I’ll attach a screenshot for every text passage and give my statement to that. Thread1/x

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

One of the things I love about my job is that I learn so many new things with every story. That was particularly true in my reporting for this story

David States

statesdj

Let’s talk testing, specifically the coronavirus test we really need and essentially no one is talking about. What we need is a fast, low cost field test for highly contagious

Augie Ray

augieray

Eager to get back to normal? Hate wearing a mask? Read on and feel free to share. A helpful Q&A: 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸, 𝘀𝗼 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ TEN SCIENTIFIC REASONS IN SUPPORT OF AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION OF SARS-CoV-2Peer-reviewed publication in @TheLancet An honor to have collaborated in multidisciplinary team across medicine, infectious diseases, epidemiology, aerosol science,

Dr. Lisa Iannattone

lisa_iannattone

Happening now https://twitter.com/kprather88/status/1378388705535160328 Going to live tweet some of it:#transmissionmatters“Why does acknowledging airborne transmission matter? Because it affects the precautions we put in place.” @kprat